Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles: Underresearched and overhyped

http://theconversation.com/fake-news-echo-chambers-and-filter-bubbles-underresearched-and-overhyped-76688
Date Written:  2017-05-05
Publisher:  Conversation
Year Published:  2017
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX20709

In the early years of the internet, it was revolutionary to have a world of information just a click away from anyone, anywhere, anytime. Many hoped this inherently democratic technology could lead to better-informed citizens more easily participating in debate, elections and public discourse.

Subject Headings

• Fake News
• Search Engines
• Social Media